Faculty Development - Rowan-Virtua SOM: Allyship

Ally – Someone from one identity group that actively supports members of another group.
   From: Rowan University’s Division of  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
   The Language of Identity: Using Inclusive Terminology at Rowan University

• Resources – Allyship
  • Rowan Main DEI Resources (See “White People Do Something: A Dialogue on Whiteness and Allyship” section)
  • Videos
    • Ahsante the Artist: How to Be a Good Ally - Identity, Privilege, Resistance (6:55)
    • Chesca Leigh: 5 Tips for Being an Ally (3:31)  
    • Marina ShutUp | Feminist Fridays: How To Be An Ally To Black Movements (6:32)
    • TED Talk: Melinda Epler - 3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace (9:37)
    • TED Talk: Nita Mosby Tyler - What if white people led the charge to end racism? (10:43)  
  • Podcast(s)
    • Medical Mnemonist: What They Do Not Teach You About Racism in Med School with Jill Wener MD (38:00)
    • UC Davis: EM Pulse - From Ally to Advocate (20:37)
  • Articles (Web and Journal)
    • Al-Malssi H. (2020). How to be an ally for Black lives. Medical News Today
    • Alonge, T. (2021). Medical schools, it’s time to get real about becoming anti-racist. AAMC Insights
    • Crear-Perry, J., Maybank, A., Keeys, M., Mitchell, N., & Godbolt, D. (2020). Moving towards anti-racist praxis in medicine. The Lancet, 396(10249), 451-453.
    • DiMarco, C. (2021). What They Do Not Teach You About Racism in Med School with Jill Wener MD. Medical Mnemonist
    • DO Staff (2020). 5 ways to combat racism and be an ally to African-Americans in the health care setting. The DO
    • Harper, M.C. (2020). 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship. Vogue
    • Mensah, M. O. (2020). Majority taxes—toward antiracist allyship in medicine. New England Journal of Medicine, 383(4), e23.
    • Romano, M. J. (2018). White privilege in a white coat: how racism shaped my medical education. The Annals of Family Medicine, 16(3), 261-263.
  • Documents
    • Rowan-Virtua SOM DEI: Ally, Accomplice, and Advocate: Skills to Develop.
    • Characteristics of an Ally. In Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice. 2nd Edition. Routledge, 2007.
    • SeedTheWay: Interrupting Bias: Calling Out vs. Calling In.